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finland

Finland: paper and pulp industry workers fight bosses' lock-out, 23 June 2005

Finland: 24,000 paper mill workers on strike, 19 May 2005

france

France: Record turn out sees Royal and Sarkozy go through to second round, 24 April 2007

France: Uncertainty about the result leads to anxiety amongst the ruling class, 20 April 2007

France: 2007 - between struggles and elections, 24 February 2007

France: the winding road towards the presidential elections, 25 October 2006

France: Mass struggle forces major government retreat, 11 April 2006

France: Mass protests continue, but what next?, 5 April 2006

France: Government continues attack against youth, 23 March 2006

France: Millions protest – but trade union leaders hesitate, 22 March 2006

France: Millions protest over weekend, 21 March 2006

France: Mass protests sweep France, 16 March 2006

France: riots and repression, 23 November 2005

France: 'Government's policies set the suburbs on fire', 11 November 2005

france: eleven days of rioting across France, 8 November 2005

France: right wing interior minister Sarkozy insults youth on estates, 8 November 2005

France: French government's new war on the workers, 27 October 2005

France: Trade unions call day of national action and strikes, 30 September 2005

France: 56% vote no in the referendum on the EU constitution, 30 May 2005

France: French workers say 'NON' to the European constitution and the establishment, 30 May 2005

France: Chirac facing defeat? 23 March 2005

France: “Paris 2012 is seven years away, our wages matter today”, 12 March 2005

France: 160,000 school students in strikes and protests, 9 March 2005

France: 24-hour general strike in the making, 22 February 2005

France: School students strike against education ‘reforms’, 19 February 2005

France: Week of mobilisations against redundancies and for higher wages, 25 January 2005

France: Elections - Raffarin's 'reforms' decisively rejected, 2 April 2004

France: cwi candidates make gains in district elections, 24 March 2004

France: Opportunity to build a new workers’ party, 18 March 2004

France: Chirac’s proposed ban on students’ headscarves polarises society, 17 January 2004

France: Joint electoral list of the far left offers big possibilities, 8 January 2004

France: Larzac: Rally shows discontent in France, 10 September 2003

France: Union protests - How the movement was built, 4 August 2003

France: Workers on the move, 28 June 2003

France: Ongoing strikes and protests, 10 June 2003

France: Rage grows at Raffarin’s pension "reforms", 5 June 2003

France: Mass strikes, hardening mood, 4 June 2003

France: Millions strike against attack on pensions, 3 June 2003

France: Paris - One and half million demonstrate against Raffarin's attacks - pictures, 27 May 2003

France: One and half million protest against Raffarin’s attacks, 26 May 2003

France: Pension reform - towards a general strike, 20 May 2003

France: Chirac victory, 19 June 2002

France: National assembly elections, 12 June 2002

France: Elections - political earthquake, 4 June 2002

France: what next after Chirac's 'victory'? 7 May 2002

France: Presidential elections - Fight the right, build a workers alternative, 23 April 2002